GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GT 230 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GT 230
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce GT 230
333
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GT 230
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GF100
G94B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2010
October 2009
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
700 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
480
-
Floating-point performance
1,345.0 gflops
156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
48
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
42 billion/sec
15.60
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
177.4 GB/s
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A